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January 2007

January 01, 2007

NU VISIONS Abroad, the overseas service program offered through the
Office of Volunteer Programs at Norwich University, has partnered up
for its third year with Global Volunteers, a non-profit grassroots
organization, to offer a 3-week service-learning opportunity in
Tanzania, Africa. In June 2007, eighteen Norwich students, faculty and
staff members will participate in this journey based on a highly
competitive application process. Each student was interviewed by the
trip leaders and administrator, and committed to raising or providing
approximately $4000, as well as participating in a semester long
seminar course, writing a ten page research paper and executing a local
service learning project, all in addition to the three weeks of service
in Pommern, Tanzania. The service projects are focused on the four
following issues identified by the community of Pommern: economic
sustainability, environmental conservation, health and education. More
specifically the projects include things like testing drinking water
for coliform bacteria, educating on the benefits of recycling,
composting and the negative affects of pesticides, offering public
health forums, providing health pamphlets, compiling a leadership
assessment and mapping, and starting a local Roter Act chapter in
Pommern. In preparation for these projects abroad, members of the team
have been volunteering at local pregnancy and health and wellness
centers, the boys and girls club, mapping the local government of
Northfield and starting up a Norwich Roter Act chapter.
This trip has required a lot of behind the scenes work and commitment,
but everyone will be well equipped to make the best of our time and
experience in Tanzania.